Toothpick cactus

Toothpick cactus

Taxobox
name = Toothpick cactus


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
subfamilia = Cactoideae
tribus = Browningieae
genus = "Stetsonia"
genus_authority = Britton & Rose
species = "S. coryne"
binomial = "Stetsonia coryne"
binomial_authority = (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

The toothpick cactus ("Stetsonia coryne") is a species of cactus and the sole species of its genus ("Stetsonia"). The plant originates from the low northwest deserts of Argentina and Bolivia.

"Stetsonia coryne" grows to a height of 2.4-10 m tall. It has white blossoms in spring or summer. [ [http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64119/ Dave's Garden] ]

ee also

* [http://www.tacethno.com/info/trichocereus/agurell.html Alkaloids of Trichocereus Species and Some Other Cacti]

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